Redox signaling pathways in unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO)-induced renal fibrosis

AK Aranda-Rivera, A Cruz-Gregorio… - Free Radical Biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
inhibition of bromodomain-containing protein 4 (Brd4) in UUO, a protein that upregulates the
transcriptional activity of NOX4… , SOD 1, and 2 expressions, with attenuation of H 2 O 2 and …

[HTML][HTML] Brd4-p300 inhibition downregulates Nox4 and accelerates lung fibrosis resolution in aged mice

YY Sanders, X Lyv, QJ Zhou, Z Xiang, D Stanford… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… First, we investigated whether Brd4 regulates Nox4 gene expression. Primary IPF lung …
We demonstrate that Brd4 inhibition partially blocks p300 recruitment/stabilization, and its …

[HTML][HTML] Protective Effects of Carnosol on Renal Interstitial Fibrosis in a Murine Model of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction

JH Park, J Leem, SJ Lee - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
… can attenuate renal injury and fibrosis in the UUO model. … fibrosis in the UUO model [67,68].
In this study, we observed that CS treatment reduced NOX4 mRNA and protein expression in …

[HTML][HTML] Histone acetylation and modifiers in renal fibrosis

F Shen, S Zhuang - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… have shown that blockade of HDAC6 with ACY-1215 also attenuated renal fibrosis through
a … Brd2, Brd3, and Brd4 are ubiquitously expressed but Brdt is only expressed in the male …

[HTML][HTML] BET Protein Inhibitor JQ1 Modulates Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress Induced by Chronic Kidney Disease

S Rayego-Mateos, P Basantes, JL Morgado-Pascual… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
… In prostate cancer, BRD4 inhibitors block mitochondrial … and protein expression observed 5
days after unilateral ureteral … in rats described that Brd4 regulation with jQ1 diminished Nox4-…

[HTML][HTML] BRD4 blockage alleviates pathological cardiac hypertrophy through the suppression of fibrosis and inflammation via reducing ROS generation

W Zhu, RD Wu, YG Lv, YM Liu, H Huang… - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
… lung fibrosis through transcriptional elongation [13]. Also, BRD4 inhibition attenuates
cardiomyocyte … BRD4 modulated Nox4 expression to block TGF-β1-induced oxidative stress and …

The PAR-1 antagonist vorapaxar ameliorates kidney injury and tubulointerstitial fibrosis

SWY Lok, WH Yiu, H Li, R Xue, Y Zou, B Li… - Clinical …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
… pharmacological inhibition of PAR-1 by vorapaxar attenuatedExpression of Nox4 is up-regulated
in UUO-induced fibrotic … its inhibition by vorapaxar inhibited TGF-β-mediated ECM …

The therapeutic potential of BRD4 in cardiovascular disease

S Lin, L Du - Hypertension Research, 2020 - nature.com
… the Nox4 promoter in a BRD4-dependent manner and increasing … by which BRD4 inhibition
blocks TGF-β-mediated EndMT is by … In addition to attenuating EndMT, BRD4 inhibition also …

[HTML][HTML] Methylation of BRD4 by PRMT1 regulates BRD4 phosphorylation and promotes ovarian cancer invasion

Y Liu, H Liu, M Ye, M Jiang, X Chen, G Song, H Ji… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Inhibition of BRD4 attenuated renal fibrosis by blocking TGF-β-mediated Nox4 expression
[… Another study showed that suppression of BRD4 by JQ1 robustly blocked TGFBR2 level in …

[HTML][HTML] Type IV Collagen and SOX9 Are Molecular Targets of BET Inhibition in Experimental Glomerulosclerosis

JL Morgado-Pascual, B Suarez-Alvarez… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
… that the BRD4 inhibitor JQ1 controlled SOX9 expression via … Several studies have confirmed
that JQ1 attenuated fibrosis … silencing, and the downregulation of SMAD signaling, blocked